Tensions and frustrations can get understandably high during traffic jams at the Singapore and Malaysia Causeway, more so when it takes a few hours to get from one side to the other.
And when frustrations boil over, it’s almost inevitable for tempers to flare and sparks to fly, which was what happened when two men were filmed going at it and fighting with each other at Woodlands Checkpoint, smashing each other with their motorcycle helmets.
The video, which was originally posted on TikTok, was shared on Facebook on the Malaysia-Singapore Border Crossers (MSBC) 马新过境者 Facebook group.
In the short 10-second video, a man wearing a blue jacket was seen swinging his motorcyclist helmet at a long-haired man wearing a purple shirt.
The man in blue had swung the helmet so hard that it bounced off the other man’s head and fell onto the ground, and he then threw another punch at the long haired man.
The long haired man then picked himself back up from cowering and ducking his opponent’s blows, and saw that the man in blue was picking up his helmet.
He then attacked the man in blue and this time, it was the long haired man who lost his helmet in the fight, and the two men then continued tussling in the middle of the road in the midst of the crowd of motorcyclists.
The long haired man then pulled the man in blue’s jacket over his head and dragged him to the side fo the road, before the video cuts off.
Netizens weighed on in the fight, with one commenting on the two men’s fighting skills, telling to wear their helmet instead of using it as a weapon since both of them are weak in fighting.
Another comment lamented the two men’s behaviour, saying that when the border is closed, “they” complain, but when it is open, “they” punch.
Another netizen asked if the two men have been arrested, saying that it they were arrested and banned, there will be two lesser riders on the road, and the jams will be less crowded.